M.S, Earth Systems & Environmental Engineering, Graduate, 06/05/2020

Website/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrian-pena-2a894a163/

The uncertainties associated with rainfall estimates comprise various measurement scales: from local-scale rain gauges and ground-based radars to larger-scale satellite rainfall retrievals, many other challenges exist within precipitation forecast uncertainties, particularly at small scales.A new network (NY-uHMT) of 20 autonomous weather stations offers measurements of air temperature, relative humidity, precipitation, and soil moisture at 15-minute intervals. These high-resolution (in space and time) observations at the urban-scale can serve as new evaluation points for high-resolution numerical weather prediction models, the most operationally-relevant of which being NOAA’s High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) model.